Sentences with phrase «for jobless benefits»

While other data on Thursday showed a modest increase in new applications for jobless benefits last week, the number of Americans receiving unemployment aid fell to its lowest level since 1973, pointing to tightening labor market conditions.

Fueling the uptick: a promising jobs market, with the unemployment rate at a three - year low and first - time claims for jobless benefits falling last week to a four - year low, according to a Labor Department report Thursday.

Also, U.S. data showed a decline in Americans filing for jobless benefits.

And the U.S. Labor Department said that claims for jobless benefits declined last week by 2,000 to 326,000, which was in line with expectations.

Weekly new applications for jobless benefits likely fell for the week ending Oct. 3.

Weekly requests for jobless benefits have stayed below the threshold of 300,000 for 78 straight weeks, the longest streak since 1970.

This struggle to file for jobless benefits, he claims in his complaint, led to much of the alleged bad - mouthing and remarks he says rise to the level of defamation:

Weekly applications for jobless benefits have for three years held below 300,000, typically considered consistent with a healthy labor market.